H3O Swim For Life 4 For Girls – Burnhamthorpe Community Centre

This program is designed for girl participants with a woman instructor. The pool area and viewing areas will be restricted to women/girls only (except in an emergency). Men/ boys have access to common areas hallways and office areas. H3O is taught at a 3 to 1 ratio. These junior swimmers add to their aquatic bag of tricks with in-water handstands and work towards the Canadian Swim to Survive® Standard: jump into deep water, tread 30 sec. and swim 15 m. They'll improve their front crawl, back crawl, learn whip kick on their back and increase their interval training (4 x 10 m) kicking workout. Recommended completed Swim For Life 3. Class Length: 30 min. Please note: Due to a revised safety standard, the diving skills in Learn to Swim levels 5 and higher will not be taught at the Frank McKechnie, River Grove, and South Common pools.